Air quality is a variable that affects the habitability of urban systems. The
atmosphere is a system that supports relatively well the influence that the
activities of the city exerts upon it, but in reality, the air that we breathe is
vulnerable and has a limited carrying capacity. Due to this fact, in the
built-up urban areas, the breathing air is far away from the satisfactory
threshold recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO, 2006)
A huge amount of studies have shown that some pollutants have adverse effects on human health, vegetation and on the environment, increasing the morbidity and mortality of the population, the acidification in the inland waters, affecting the flora and the biosphere’s flora, altering the existing natural balance between the different ecosystems and even causing catastrophic changes in Earth’s climate. Nowadays, the general public is
aware of this fact, therefore, requires the government to work in this regard
in order to improve the air quality (European Environment Agency, 2009).
Moreover, the industry as an engine of the current development model is one of the causes of this series of negative effects on the society and the environment in which it develops, which are reflected in different aspects of the ecosystems, where it deposits its waste; this action must be treated
and manage properly to prevent continued degradation of nature.
(PASSOLA, 2006)
It is to be note, that the current society model of economical development
and its sprawl dynamic is closely linked to the increased emission into the
atmosphere.
This provision of the system increased demand amount of energy to perform their functions, which in turn are larger scale. This energy provision is mostly generated from fossil fuels such as coal, fuel-oil and
natural gas, those, coming from not renewable sources, have a turnover
rate lower than our rate of consumption.
As a consequence, our energy consumption can and should be rethought in order to protect nature and moreover, plan a not only respectful living of the human being but integrated with it.
On the other hand, the industry represents a very heterogeneous distribution on the territory and the wide variety of activities and processes requires a detail analysis by sector. Even within the same sector, the
applied technologies can be widely.
Among the sectors that lead with the highest emission contributions, there are: the energy production, oil refineries, chemical and steel industries as key sectors of basic industry.
To deal the air pollution problem, it has been taking steps going in all directions, from modeling air quality, going through emission inventories of the different sectors involved. Besides, creation of indexes and indicators of air’s quality in order to control, prevent and improve the
measures taken in this regard, with the propose of obtain a better life quality that goes in line with the proper functioning of ecosystems.
Therefore, this current investigation seeks to make a characterization of air
quality due to the industrial sector as well as provide a measurement system that could be used as a support for the different industries when it comes to make decision which involve environmental improvements and
in this specific case, a change in the management of pollutant emissions
into the atmosphere.